Daiquiris: This Memorial Day, join the noble fight to save the endangered Daiquiri from the cruel indignities of artificial flavoring and coloring. Or make Papa proud with a maraschino and grapefruit-laced Hemingway Daiquiri.

Fizzy (and Ginny Too)

There's nothing quite as refreshing as a tall, cold, fizzy drink on a hot day. Get into that old-timey, veranda-sitting, linen/muslin/seersucker-wearing state of mind with one of these delicious gin fizzes:

Gin and Tonic: A shot of gin, a wedge of lime, and some tonic water over ice, and you're set. So refreshing!

Dark and Stormy: Another patio classic. Rum, ginger beer, and a wedge of lime. Sure to put you in an island mood.

What will you be drinking this weekend?

Nora Maynard is a longtime home mixologist and an occasional instructor at NYC's Astor Center. She is a contributor to The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries and is the recipient of the American Egg Board Fellowship in culinary writing at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow. She previously covered food and drink in film at The Kitchn in her weekly column, The Celluloid Pantry.